The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-01
TRUE FRIENDSHIP.


that you Will each take them TO
yourself, if they should be APP
pl!cable, and | am persuaded that
they will be.
True, unselfish friendship is n
bright flame, sending out no
smoky clouds of seliishness, and
seldom has q habitation among
men. Its origin IS from God, its
influence heavenly, and its results
enrapture the very soul.
When the heart is full of friends
ship and love it illumines the face
50 that the people around can see
that there is something noble 10
that person; and his face also
casts forth such thrilling rays
that they pierce the hearts Of
those who notice him.
True friendship is like an ever
green tree or a flower that blooms
in all seasons or regions. AS the
evergreen tree may be seen bloom
ing on the snow-clad hills of
| Greenland, as well as in the
tropical or even in the sunny
valleys OF Southern Italy, every
where giving freshness and beauty
to the appearance of nature; so
friendship IL not limited to the
circle Of q few individuals who
have but a small conception Of
what life is, but will lend a helps
ing hand to the burdened ones
and try to lift up the poor and
the illiterate and call back the
crring, who by some dark tempta-
tion was led astmy. At early
morning when the dew is sparkl-
ing ON the flowers, or at MONDAY
when the scorchlng rays Of the
sun wither the grass; or at even
ing when the golden orb OF day
has bowed his head beneath the
western horizon, friendship, like q
sainted mother, ever raises her
head and cheers us by the smiles Of
indescribable beauty. II is not
confined to the beautiful valleys,
the vine clad hills, or the snow
capped mountains; not even a
whole nation can put a limit to its
boundaries, it may be co-extcnsiye
with the earth.
Wherever it is freshed by the
dews of kindness and love, there
will it come forth roocd in gar
ment of beauty. Its garment is
so richly laded with universal
fragrance that ii dispels every
thought of envy and gives to the
mind priceless enjoyment which
eatth's whole pomp and splendor
could never do. In vain do we
look for this blissful flower in
! the cold self-esteemed worldling.
: The poor deceived one is dead To
is noble virtue. In vain do we
look for it among the proud
! aristocrats of fleeting fashion, foi
! self love has driven il forever from
! their hearts. In vain do we looh
for it in the miser who is going
; about day after day laying ~
treasures upon earth that liki
J himself will soon pass away. II
= vain do we look for it IN th,
: self-cstecmed school boy who doe
: not seem to see or to notice a grea
many of fellow schoolmates, anc
7 seems to look down upon thos'
Z who have never had SO Favorable
. opportunities as himself. or on
inferior TO him in intellect, an,
Y when he speaks of them he has
= kind Of sarcastic expression OIL
7 bis face as il they we're of dc
Z graded race Of people or some
thing was the matter with hin
= inside; and there is somethIn
= very great the matter.
y The world is SO full of selfish
y ness that true friendship is seldom
found yet it is often sought for tn
3 sake of gain by the base dc
~ ceiyer.
a Behold the untiring miser wit
y his earthly treasures; he is neye
y moved by the sacred influences 0
a. live friendship, which by flingin
= haIcyon halo over the wastes q
y life recreates on earth lost Eden
- faded bloom.
- nBut foolish mortaIs stiIl persue,
le False hsppincss Instead OF tr-ei
I'd happiness we toll TO find,
OF Which porsue us like the wind.H
ii. While on the other hand W
es meet some and see the brigl
sparkle of the eye, the beautiIt
smile play across the shining face
aud as we take the warm grasp Z
= the hand we can feel, as it wers
Ip the very love pass from his heal
oh to ours, aud as we listen to til
to soft cadences of his words the
It- greet our ears like airs of a
Eoiian harp.